THE DELAWARE RIVER WATERSHED INITIATIVE: BUILT ON SCIENCE, IMPLEMENTED BY 50 NGOs

摘要

How do you tackle a goal of "ensuring sufficient clean water through healthy watersheds," in a river basin 13,500 sq. miles in size and covering portions of four states? A new program - the Delaware River Watershed Initiative (DRWI) - was kick started by the William Penn Foundation (WPF), a Philadelphian philanthropic organization, to do just that. Working through NGOs, WPF is providing S35M over a three-year period for on-the-ground restoration and forest protection projects, plus organizational capacity building grants. Even though it sounds like a large amount of money (and it is!), the intended outcome will not be met if it is spread throughout the river basin. The Initiative is a targeted, science-based approach to change.